TRUE JOY IS ONLY FOUND IN CHRIST
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INTRODUCTION How relevant is this letter to the Philippian Church? Let me ask this question before you answer that one! Is it easy to be a Christian in today’s world? The answer is no, it’s the opposite; it’s hard and feels sometimes like an uphill battle. This letter should encourage you to live for Christ despite the opposition with a joy that nothing can steal that joy away. Where are you going to find true joy? Because Paul in this letter radiates a infectious joy, though he writes this letter from a Roman’s prison cell. In this letter Paul helps us to understand that joy isn’t resulting from comfortable circumstances, but from a living, vibrant communion with Christ. I say that because look what Paul says in chapter two “Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me .” Phil 2:17-18. Paul’s circumstance doesn’t change hi